(a) & (b): There is no proposal at present to corporatise the Ordnance Factories in the country.

(c) Yes, Sir.

(d) Kelkar Committee had recommended that “Ordnance Factories should be corporatized into a single corporation under leadership of a competitive management. This corporation should be accorded the status of Nav Ratna”. Increasing the capabilities of Ordnance Factories to meet the strategic needs of the country is a continuous process.

Ordnance Factories are required to report their performance which is reviewed periodically at Ordnance Factory Board as well as at different levels in Department of Defence Production.